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Passenger Cars Per 1,000 People fell 1.10% to 360 vehicles in the USA in 2019

Passenger Cars Per 1,000 People (vehicles), 2019
Transport | USA | November 14, 2020
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Passenger cars per 1,000 people fell 1.10% to 360 vehicles in the USA in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, passenger cars per 1,000 people in the USA reached an all time high of 529 vehicles in 1985 and an all time low of 331 vehicles in 1960. When compared to USA's main peers, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Canada amounted to 626 vehicles, 115 vehicles in China, 501 vehicles in Japan and 231 vehicles in Mexico in 2019.

USA has been ranked 40th within the group of 135 countries we follow in terms of passenger cars per 1,000 people, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Passenger Cars Per 1,000 People Unit 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Australia vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 559 566 571 570 571
Belize vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 46.9 47.5 58.1 55.3 56.0
Canada vehicles ... ... 607 615 620 620 622
China vehicles ... ... ... ... 73.5 84.9 97.9 99.7 105
Guatemala vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 40.4 41.5 43.3 43.0 43.3
Honduras vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 4.79 5.00 4.80 4.86 4.88
India vehicles ... ... ... ... 15.2 16.2 17.7 17.9 18.5
Japan vehicles 474 480 485 488 492
Mexico vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 208 217 219 223
Russia vehicles ... ... ... ... ... 290 307 314 324 334
South Korea vehicles ... ... ... ... ... ... 307 320 336 338 344
USA vehicles 377 377 379 372 368
United Kingdom vehicles 510 517 530 527 528